I860,] KEPORT ON APPLES. 31 



ANNUAL EXHIBITION, 1860. 



REPORT ON APPLES. 



RuFUs Woodward, Chairman ; Edwin Coxant, George X. Chamberlain, 

 0. E. Hadwen, of Worcester: T. A. Norcross, of Shrewsbury. 



The Report of the Committee on Apples ciinnot be found. But the l^py of 

 Oct. 5, 1860, states that it was read by the Chairman, Dr. Rufus Woodward, 

 who called attention to the superiority of the display of Apples that year, 

 remarking- that it was the largest and finest ever exhibited upon the tables 

 of the Society, especially superior to the display of 1858 in point of culture. 

 " There are now a number of fine new varieties, and the number of plates is 

 930, while in 1858 there were but 916 plates, of kinds chiefly old.'" The fol- 

 lowing are the awards : 



Apples. — For the largest and best collection, to Josiah L. Woodward, 



of Millbury, who had 39 valuable varieties, $6 00 



For the second best, to William B. Fox, of Worcester, who had 34 



varieties, 5 00 



For the third best, to Josiah G. Stone, of Shrewsbury, who had 26 



varieties, 4 00 



For the fourth best, to Sylvanus Sears, of Worcester, who had 23 



varieties, Harris' Report. 



For the best six varieties of not less than eight specimens each, to 



0. B. Hadwen, of Worcester, Harris' Report. 



For the second best, to Stephen S. Foster, of Worcester, 2 00 



For the third best, to George A. Chamberlain, of Worcester, 1 00 



For the eight best specimens of Autumn Apples of one variety, to 



Isaac Mills, of Worcester, (Gravenstein), Harris' Report. 



For the second best, to Timothy K. Earle, of Worcester, (Porter), 1 50 



For the third best, to D. B. Comins, of Worcester, (Mother), 1 00 



For the best specimen of Winter Apples of one variety, to Jonas 



Hartshorn, of Worcester, (Baldwin), 2 00 



For the second best, to H. K. Potter, of Grafton, (R. I. Greening), 1 50 

 For the third best, to George H. Rich, of Worcester, (Roxbury Rus- 

 set), 1 00 



Gratuities. — For Tompkins* County King, to Jonas Hartshorn, of 



Worcester, 1 00 



For Lelaud's Spice, to Joseph Lovell, Jr., of Worcester, I 00 



For Northern Spy, to F. M. Marble, of Grafton, 1 00 



